User comments for Franz (Famous Bearer Only)

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria. His assassination by Gavrilo Princip on June 28, 1914 in Sarajevo was a trigger for World War I.Franz Ferdinand, the indie rock band from Glasgow took the name after the Austrian Archduke.

― Anonymous User 12/20/2005

Famous bearer is Franz Schubert, an Austrian romantic composer.

― Anonymous User 3/26/2006

Franz Beckenbauer (aka Der Kaiser) is well-known as one of Germany's greatest footballers.

Franz (1768-1835) was one of the sons of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II and his wife Maria Luisa of Spain. He later became Emperor Franz II (known in English as Francis II), the last Holy Roman Emperor.

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) was a German-speaking Czech writer known for his bizarre writing style of complexity and inexplicable events. He gave his name to the adjective Kafkaesque, or marked by menacing complexity.